Strange morning 2

"what is this? ouch" he dropped her screaming out in pain.

"damn...ouch, what is all this? Am I dreaming? no, no the pain I have experienced today is a proof that this is reality" he scratched his head in frustration. He squatted down beside her. his blood was dripping, Littering the ties.

"I will eliminate you, I will fight you to my last breath…" Sandra said unconsciously grinding her teeth in rage.

"stop all this rubbish!!" he was tired and shouted in frustration. "Sandra, you are freaking me out. What the hell is happening to you. I…really really…really want to run away. But… I can't abandon you" he sobs and stared at her for few seconds before he stood up.

"let's go to the hospital…" Liam half bent and stretched out his hands to carry her.

*----------------------------blackout----------------------------*

The blackout lasted for two second. Everywhere was dark. There was a power failure in the whole condo rather the world because when he looked around within that two seconds, he didn't see any ray of light. it was like the sun disappeared.

"wha!!!" Liam shivered in fear when this happened but the light came back immediately.

"…Sa…?" cold chills became to run down his body the instant his eyes met Sandra's. Sandra has awoken, suddenly awake… her blue eyes were wide open like her eye balls were about to fall off from their socket.

They both stared at each other for some time before Sandra broke the silent, with a worried expression on her face "Liam what happened you, how did you get injured?".

"wha!!!" he was dumbstruck; he couldn't move or speak out. He stood their staring at her like an ice fish, with questions floating in his mind 'The blackout was it all an illusion? Or does it have anything to do with her? why did she wake up after the black out?'

"who did this to you?" Sandra asks as she stood up from where she laid horrified, staring at the injuries on his body. She didn't notice the wet towels on her body dropped.

As she stood up, Liam took two step back in fear and managed to ask her "…how are you, how do u feel?".

"I should be asking you, how did this happen?" she scans his body.

Liam scratched his head in frustration again like he was about to go crazy.

"Liam…what did this to you, did you throw stones on that witch's dog again?" she asked with devastating tone, her eyes were gloving all over the injury on his body. Who will be so cruel to inflict this injuries on Liam. They were looking so deep and fresh, with blood slowly dripping down from it.

He couldn't hear her questions. He was lost in thoughts. 'how did she recover so fast.' Sweats ran down his body like he has seen a ghost.

"Liam you better tell me what you did, so we can cook a better story to reduce your punishment from mom? You know mom won't sympathize with you even though you're hurt, not to talk of whether it's your fault or not. now, tell me how you got injured. you are bleeding. You caused trouble again, right?" she walked closer to Liam. "you better speak up before I get mom here".

"…Dra…Sandra, how do you feel?" he was still surprise, checking her out with his eyes 'she looks perfectly fine like nothing happened…'.

"you really want to joke now, look at you. Tell me who or what the hell did this to you" Sandra asked furiously as she was losing her patience. "why are you acting weird? you really did hit yourself hard on the head…"

"gi…gi…give me your hands" he took her hands with his shivering hands. 'her nails are back to normal…even temperature has reduced…her comprehension too is back to normal'. 'you suddenly fell sick and suddenly recovered. This is really creeping me out' Liam thought to himself.

"let go! What is wrong with you." Sandra shook off his hands. He was really acting weird to her. The expression he was making was really weird.

"hehe…hehehe…hehe…strange" he stared at his hand, then at Sandra laughing like a crazy boy, like he has lost it.

"…"

"Liam? mom! mom! Mom come here now". Sandra panicked and called out to her mother.

"What's that honey" Jade came out from the kitchen where she was preparing breakfast.

"mom?" Liam stared at his mom like she was a ghost. 'when did mom get back…I definitely didn't hear the sound of the door. What is going on…' he said in his head.

Sandra complains to Jade. "I don't know what happened to Liam, and he won't tell me either. He is acting crazy"

"what is wrong with your brother and why is he staring at me like that?" Jade asked casually as she dries her hands with a small towel.

"…"

"he is bleeding…can't you see it?" Sandra pointed at his forehead.

"Where? Liam are you okay?".

"look at his head and his right arm. The wounds are really deep, am sure it is done by claws. I warned him to stay away from the witch's dog. Now take a look, look at what he has done to himself."

"Dra, I don't see anything wrong with your brother…Plus, I have told you countless times, no matter how much you don't like Miss Wevon, don't call her a witch. That's bad. We will talk more on this. Aren't you kids hungry? The food will soon be ready." Jade ran back to the kitchen.

"…"

"didn't mom see the condition you are in? what's going on?" Sandra turned to Liam who was absent minded.

'was she possessed? Sandra doesn't seem to remember what happen to her or is she pretending? This feels like a dream...What exactly is going on? Why does everyone seem so different?' he had many questions in his mind. He felt like hundreds of tiny men were in his head breaking his skull. 'Sandra doesn't seem to know what happened neither does mom… I don't understand, but I need rest to find them and food as well.'

"Liam? Liam!" Sandra yanked him out from his world of thought.

"help me treat my wounds, since mom can't see them?"

"…" Sandra didn't move a muscle. She just stood there staring at him, wondering what happened to him and why he is not telling her.

"I will tell you later. I need some rest, let's go." he turned and walked upstairs. Sandra hesitated before she walked to the cupboard and brought out the first aid box. She took a glass of water from the table and followed him to his room.

When she got to the room, Liam was already seated on his bed. She sat down right next to him, she opens the first aid box, collected two pills of vitamin c and added them to the water "you know I can't treat injuries, don't complain if I don't do it right.".

"get that substance…mom uses to clean injuries, soak the cotton wool with it" Liam teaches her so as to avoid her causing more pain to him.

"I didn't tell you to pour the whole bottle of hydrogen peroxide on the cotton wool!" he shouted "Are you dumb. Soak small quantity of the wool in the bottle, fish brain." Liam scolded her when he noticed that Sandra was about to pull the whole substance on the cotton wool.

"ah! Be more gentle. Are you trying to scrap my skin off?" Liam glared.

"sorry, I will be gentle. You really look terrible. Well since you won't tell me how this happened to you yet, I will let you get some rest. Don't think you can hide this from me."

"I don't plan to. Just clean the wounds and apply that penicillin on it, that will be enough" Liam laid down as he said this exhaustedly. He was tired.

"okay…but mom, can't she really not see that you are injured."

"I don't know…we will find out later."

"I'm done. Get some rest but first drink this water." Sandra gave him the glass of water which he drank and returned the glass to her. she covered him with the blanket and gently tapped her hand on his chest to coax him to sleep.

"what do you think you are doing, putting a child to bed?" he glared at her.

"am helping you sleep faster since you are tired."

"Get out of my room I need absolute rest." he yelled at her.

"Liam…Sandra, come down breakfast is ready!" Jade shouted from the kitchen.

"I will get yours, so you eat before you sleep" Sandra left the room with questions on her mind. 'when did he get injured, when did he leave the house? why can't mom see that he is wounded?'. 'the Liam I know can't leave the house early in the morning without eating let alone to play with a dog…on an empty stomach. But his wound doesn't look fresh because some blood has clotted.'

"call your brother the food is ready…Help me dish out the food from the pot." Sandra was deeply in her thought that she didn't realize when she walked into the kitchen. Her mom's voice brought her back to reality.

"I will take his food to his room, he is really tired." She said to Jade, collecting two glass plate.